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What to read after Barker House by David Moloney: 24 titles sharing themes of Small Town & Rural, Crime, and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Small Town & Rural Crime Literary Fiction

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Barker House.

The Gulf A Novel — Rachel Cochran

The Gulf A Novel

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

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The Talented Miss Farwell A Novel

Emily Gray Tedrowe

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Grace is Gone A Novel — Emily Elgar

Grace is Gone A Novel

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Spoilt Creatures — Amy Twigg

Spoilt Creatures

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

We Begin at the End — Chris Whitaker

We Begin at the End

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Murder Before Evensong — Richard Coles

Murder Before Evensong

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Swept Away — Robyn Carr

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

The Operator A Novel — Gretchen Berg

The Operator A Novel

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Two Truths and a Lie A Novel — Meg Mitchell Moore

Two Truths and a Lie A Novel

Meg Mitchell Moore

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Salem Falls — Jodi Picoult

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Under the Wave at Waimea — Paul Theroux

Under the Wave at Waimea

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

The Plinko Bounce — Martin Clark

The Plinko Bounce

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Savannah Blues — Mary Kay Andrews

Mary Kay Andrews

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

A Pen Dipped in Poison — J. M. Hall

A Pen Dipped in Poison

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

The Vanishing Point A Novel — Elizabeth Brundage

The Vanishing Point A Novel

Elizabeth Brundage

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Highway Thirteen — Fiona McFarlane

Highway Thirteen

Fiona McFarlane

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Smonk A Novel — Tom Franklin

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

A Death in the Parish — Richard Coles

A Death in the Parish

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Whispering Winds of Appalachia — John Ellington

Whispering Winds of Appalachia

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Like Trees, Walking A Novel — Ravi Howard

Like Trees, Walking A Novel

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Dirt Town — Hayley Scrivenor

Hayley Scrivenor

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Nothing Can Hurt You — Nicola Maye Goldberg

Nothing Can Hurt You

Nicola Maye Goldberg

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Kala A Novel — Colin Walsh

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

Desperation Road — Michael Farris Smith

Desperation Road

Michael Farris Smith

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Crime • Literary

If Barker House by David Moloney is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Small Town & Rural, Crime, Literary and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Rachel Cochran, Emily Gray Tedrowe, Emily Elgar, Amy Twigg, and others.

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